Cover-all bottle cap



July 1, 19 30. COMPTON 1,769,207

COVERALL BOTTLE CAP Filed July 25', 1929 55. rTENT O E Y vHARRY I]. COMPTON, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, ASSIGNOR TO A1VIERICAN DAIRY SUPPLY CO., A. CORPORATION OF MAINE COVER-ALL BOTTLE oer Application filed July 23,

, This invention relates to cover-all cap closures for bottles or jars, and is more especially intended to cover, and protect from deposited dust the tops of milk bottles delivered for'the uses of householders and which are ordinarily exposed. This invention belongs directly to or hood which extends top of the bottle and short distance all around by which the entire .top portion of the bottle is enclosed.

It is an object of this invention to provide a closure of thenature stated which may be easily and cheaply manufactured in the forms described, and is of a particularly durable nature.

An object of this invention further is to produce a hood or cap which maybe applied in one form by a suitable cappmg machine, and which when made in another form may be placed upon the bottle by hand.

Another object is the construction of a milk bottle cap which in either of the forms herein set forth may be replaced by hand after the first removal from the bottle however originally applied thereto, in order that any milk remaining in the bottle may becompletely protected for future use.

The foregoing and other kindred objects of this invention are attained in a very useful and serviceable degree by constructing the closure substantially in accordance with externally over the the accompanying drawings forming a part.

of this specification.

Of the drawings, Fig. 1 represents in section the upper portion of a milk bottle having this invention, shown also in section, applied thereto.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view ofthe upper portion of a milk bottle having applied thereto a modified form of this invention shown also insection.

Fig. 3 is a side view or clasps before being 7 Fig. at is an outside clips detached.- I N Fig. 5 is a sectional view of. a cap fashioned inaccordance with this invention and somewhat enlarged, setting forth a modiof one of. the clips secured to the'cap. View of one of the that type of closure downwardly for a.

1929. Serial No. 380,335.

fication of the clip or clasp member'herein described.

Fig. 6 is a sectional view of part of the cap shown in Fig.5 to illustrate thetransverse bending of the clip. The section is taken on the broken line 6-6 of Fig. 5.

Throughout the drawings and'description the same number is used to refer to the same part. 7 I

.Considering the drawings, Fig. 1, a bottle 1 has thereon a cap 2 which is of the ordinary pattern formed with a crimped or folded downwardly extending portion or skirt enclosing the top portion of the bottle. At any number of separated points clips or clasp members 3 extend vertically inside and outside the skirt or wall of the cap and pass under the lower edge thereof as illustrated.

There may be any number of clips '3, of any width, regularly or irregularly spaced apart,

and in Fig. 1 the clips are shown as made of bendable non-resilient metal, in order that they may be bent either by hand, by

tool or machine inwardly against the exterior of the-rounded throat 5 of the bottle.

{ IIl F ig. Qis shown a molded'cap 6, the

skirt or depending wallof which may be without crimps or folds. Spaced around the cap 6 are clips .7 in this modification. The

clips are of resilient metal, and the cap is molded'in such form and the clips are so shaped in correspondence therewith that the cap'may be pressed downwardly by hand upon the rounded top 8 of the bottle 9. [The cap may be conveniently removed by hand, bu'twhileit is in position upon the bottle top it tightlycloses the mouth of the bottle andprotects theentire top.

This invention is not intended to be. um-

metal clip and'penetrate the wall of the cap. It is not are located, and the clips the security of the cap fastening.

7 affected by moisture. rectly into contact with metal. The appliviously substituted. It will be understood further that the size or material of the cap, the size, material or disposition of the clips or the particular shape thereof are not to be regarded as limitations of this invention, as changes .of these features are readily made. 7 a

In the modification set out in the enlarged Figs. 5 and 6, the cap 10 is composed of layers of paper or like one upon another, and the outer surface of the clip 12 is covered with an adherent uninterrupted coating 11 of fabric or plastic which is un- No milk can come dication of the clips to the caps is the same as in the forms of the invention previously described.

. In operation, either of the forms be applied to the bottle by a capping machine, and when once in position the cap will resist ordinary displacing blows or contacts met with in the usual handling and delivery of bottles of milk.

If so desired the clips may be sufficiently stiff to require a tool for the removal of the cap, but that is not essential. When once removed the cap may be pressed down into position toprotect any remaining contents of the bottle.

It will be noted particularly in Fig. 6 that when the cap is applied to the top of a bottle by pressure, the clip is bent in a ver tical curve around the exterior of the neck of the bottle, and the clip also receives a further and transverse bend thus adding to When the clips are made relatively wide the transverse bend therein is more extended.

Having now explained this invention as tending over the top of a bottle or jar and downwardly, said cap being composed of non-metallic material and compressible, spaced clips of bendable metal, the said clips having portions arranged on the inside and outside of the downwardly extending wall of the cap and passing under the lower edge thereof, the said clips being coated with an uninterrupted external adherent skin of moisture resisting substance, whereby 'the said cap may be compressed to conform to I the external shape of the top of a bottle or jar and said clips may be bent into like conformity and pressed into the material of the cap.

4:. A cover-all cap, comprising a cap extending over. the top of a bottle or jar and downwardly, spaced clips vertically dis posed, the said clips having portions arranged on the inside and outside of the downwardly extending wall of the cap and passing under the lower edge thereof, and the said clips being bentin a vertical curve and a transverse curve when applied externally to the neck of a bottle. l

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

HARRY L. COMPTON.

to its construction and operation, I claim 1. A cover-all cap, comprising a cap extending over the top of a bottle or jar and downwardly, spaced clips vertically disposed, the said clips having portions arranged on the inside and outside of the downwardly extending wall of the cap and passing under the lower edge thereof, and means borne by the clips and penetrating the wall of the cap the clips to the cap.

2. A cover-all cap, tending over the .top of a bottle or jar and downwardly, said cap being composed of non-metallic material and compressible, spaced clips of bendable metal, the said clips having portions arranged on the inside and outside of the downwardly extending wall of the cap and passing under the lower edge thereof, whereby the said cap may be compressed to conform to the external shape of the top of a bottle or into the material of the cap. a

to additionally secure comprising a cap exar and said clips may" be bent into like conformity and pressed i 

